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June 16, 2012 By

Woodworking Editors and Authors in Google+ Hangouts, Episode No. 1

Getting back is hard to do.

This episode aired on Google+ and YouTube on June 14, 2012. I am getting back into woodworking, following a seven-month hiatus. Please read on.

#woodworking #hangoutonair +Fine Woodworking #magazine #Editor #Author #blogger

This is the first episode in a new series in Hangouts on Air. It was important to me, as I start preparing mentally to re-enter the shop after a seven-month absence. And avoiding injury has been on my mind; as a result, this was a perfect opportunity to kick off this series, and to get answers to the source of my anxiety – *safety in the shop.* Many of you know I have been preparing to become a Certified Court Interpreter (English < > Spanish) in Missouri, USA – thus the reason for my absence.

I hope other woodworking magazine Editors, book authors, and woodworking bloggers will accept my invitation for a chat in the near future, to talk shop, tools, safety, process, design, etc.

Today I invited the following woodworking colleagues into a hangout:

+Asa Christiana, Editor of Fine Woodworking magazine,

+Matthew Kenney, Senior Editor, Fine Woodworking magazine, and

+Dyami Plotke, of the +Modern Woodworkers Association

to chat in a Google+ hangout about safety, upcoming events with Fine Woodworking, and hand tools vs. power tools in the shop.

My thanks to all participants. Please stand by as I announce additional woodworking hangouts!

Audio-only file: For portability I have split the audio portion of the video, and uploaded it to the Internet Archive. Download it to your portable device, and enjoy listening to the chat while on the move: Click here.

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September 26, 2011 By

I will be unable to attend Woodworking in America 2011

 

I announced the following on Google+ over the weekend:

To everyone attending #WoodworkingInAmerica #WIA:

To all my readers:

It is time share with you that Sandy and I will not be attending Woodworking in America 2011.

Sometimes, priorities get in the way. Heck, that is the reason they are called priorities. We have attended ALL WIA conferences to date. WIA 2011 will be the first we will miss. We regret missing it. But it is going to happen, sooner or later, to others, too.

What I am doing:

In case you wonder what could be more important than WIA 2011, here is the slate:

  1. I am working on becoming a Certified Court Interpreter – LOTS of study, to learn the slang equivalents in both English and Spanish, plus ALL the legal terminology that goes with being a good Court Interpreter.
  2. and
  3. I will take the Written Exam on November 6, 2011, which is not that far away. And I must study like crazy!
  4. I am also hoping that the State of Missouri will offer the 3-day Interpreter Skills Workshop, in late October, in Jefferson City (the State Capital).
  5. I will announce this a bit later, but there IS another big task I am currently focused on. More on this at some point in the future.

I will miss you all – the people, as it IS the people that makes WIA tick!

I will schedule a Google+ hangout, and will announce it here. If anyone reading this knows how to stream and record to LiveStream, please let me know. Thanks!

But isn’t THAT what the Google+ video conferences called Hangouts are for? If we miss attending, maybe we should hold a hangout or two, to show off the technology in Google+ to our fellow woodworkers?

To ALL my woodworking friends:

Go, attend, participate, and have a LOAD of fun! There is NOTHING in the world that can possibly replace Woodworking in America. And, while you are at it, please celebrate because you are there, and maybe even because I am not there :-)

Enjoy, guys and gals!!!

What about YOU?

  1. Will YOU attend this year’ Woodworking in America later this week?
  2. Or do you also have other things tugging at your sides?
  3. Will you be able attend a hangout on Google+?

— Al Navas

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September 19, 2011 By

Google+ Woodworker Update #7: The Bloggers – Part 5

 

#blogger #woodworker #woodworking #woodart #woodcraft

You will find Part 4 of The Bloggers series here.

I include the following reminders for the benefit of members who recently joined Google+:

If you are just starting on Google+:

Be sure to visit the Woodworker List, at http://www.group.as/woodworker/, to see who are the woodworkers in Google+ as of today. *If you are a woodworker, and you wish to have your name on the list, enter your Google+ ID in the space above the list, so I can approve your name and others will also add you to their Circles.

Reminder: I am going through my Woodworking Circle alphabetically. If I missed anyone, I apologize ahead of time. It will take several Parts to complete the list of Bloggers – as of today I am at the letter “L”.

If I don’t have you in my Woodworker Circle, I will likely miss you if you are a blogger. PLEASE, let me know. Also, it is most helpful if you have links to your blog(s) in your Profile on Google+.

Now to the bloggers featured today: Last time I arrived at the letter “L”

+Sheila Landry - Sheila is the author behind the blog Sheila Landry Designs – My Journey as a Scroll Saw Pattern Designer” at http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/scroll-saw-blog. A prolific writer, Sheila writes new articles almost every day, including most weekends! An author with great artistic breadth, Sheila also has a terrific store on her web site; fountain pens, rollerball pens and ballpoint pens (lathe work), plus note cards and art prints up to 11″ x 14″ with her beautiful art work art decorate the Items for Sale page of her web site. If that is not enough, Sheila is also Contributing Editor for Creative Woodworks and Crafts Magazine.

+Tim Lawson - Tim is a furniture maker; he also runs the Port Townsend School of Woodworking in Port Townsend, WA. From the blog at http://ptwoodschool.blogspot.com/: “We teach woodworking, furniture making, cabinet making, and traditional woodcrafts; we also offer courses on turning, finishing, carving.” How cool is that? You will find on the blog articles and lots of video about course, and the instructors who taught them. In addition, the web site for the school is a must-read if you are considering attending woodworking classes; you will find the web site athttp://www.ptwoodschool.com/Home.html.

+Mike Lehikoinen - Mike lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, and is the Owner of Antero’s Urban Wood Designs, “…offering custom furniture designs, home and personal accents with wood being the focus of each design.” Check out Mike’s beautiful turned pens and other items on his blog athttp://www.anterosurbanwooddesigns.com/blog. His Etsy shop is athttp://www.etsy.com/shop/Anterosurbanwood?ref=pr_shop. Gorgeous pens, Mike!

+Ben Lowery - Ben lives in Saratoga Springs, NY, and blogs at http://blowery.org/. His articles about the build of the Thickolson workbench are terrific, as he had to make decisions we all face, sooner or later, when using thick lumber. Thanks for the wonderful insight into the way YOU approach the craft, Ben!

+Scott Meek - Scott and his family moved to Ashville, South Carolina, earlier this year. You will his blog, Scott Meek Woodworks, at http://www.scottmeekwoodworks.com/. In March 2011 Scott launched a new program he calls The Sketchbook, at http://www.scottmeekwoodworks.com/the-sketchbook - through this program “…Subscribers have the privilege of seeing new pieces I create before anyone else, which means they also have the first chance to purchase the one they fall in love with!…” I love the wonderful hand planes you make, Scott – the wood you use is fantastic, and the design outstanding.

I will continue the series on The Bloggers in a few days. Thanks for reading! My thanks to the bloggers who share their craft with us!

Previous posts about woodworkers on Google+:

The Bloggers, Part 4

The Bloggers, Part 3

The Bloggers, Part 2

The bloggers, Part 1

Woodworker Update Number 2: The Podcasters

Women in woodworking at Google+

Introducing the Woodworker List

 

 — Al Navas

 

 

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